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Summary: If only it were released more quickly!
Review: As a devotee of Ranma 1/2, I decided to give Takahashi sensei's new title Inu Yasha a look. I was so surprised and pleased by it! In fact I think Takahashi sensei has vastly improved her repertoire with the introduction of Inu Yasha. The most notable instance is that of the heroine. I hate to admit this, but sometimes Akane just grates on my nerves. She's just a bit too bullheaded to use all her charm, strength, and intelligence to their utmost. Kagome, the heroine of Inu Yasha, definately does not have this problem. This girl knows what needs to be done and does it. She is strong and savy enough to battle the creepiest demons and monsters. She is smart and sensible enough to take care of herself even when her world is turned completely upside down. She is also sweet and sensitive enough to see the truth behind the tough veneer of a little girl's lost spirit (and sometimes behind a demon dog-boy's facade as well ^_^). Should you get Inu Yasha solely based on the merits of Kagome? It is worth it, but the complex and well-plotted story and the amazingly likeable and always interesting other characters are great too. Takahashi sensei combines horror, mystery, adventure and comedy with her signature touch of romance to sweeten the deal.
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Summary: One of, if not the, best graphic novels I've ever read!
Review: Inu-Yasha vol.1 is great, it is definately worth it and I would highly recommend it. The graphics are good, the story is wonderful, and it is very funny too! I would also recomend the rest of the Inu-Yasha series
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Summary: Takahashi delivers again
Review: When I first picked this book up, I was unsure of what I'd find. Would this book be a screw-ball comedy/romance after the style of Ranma ½? Would this be a dramatic horror in the same vein as the Mermaid saga? What the 'queen of romantic comedy' has given us is a well-crafted blending of the two. Takahashi has joined the elements of humor, horror, and flirtatious romance (an unlikely trio!) with the subtlety and skill of a master weaver. I didn't think I'd ever find a manga series that I liked as well as Ranma ½, but I do believe Takahashi-sensei as surpassed herself. I highly recomend Inu-Yasha to anyone who likes a good read.
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Summary: Perfect Blend of Humour and Horror!
Review: 'Inu Yasha: A Fuedal Fairy Tale' is a perfect blend of the darker side of Takahashi we see in 'Mermaid Saga' and the more comedic antics of 'Ranma 1/2.' Sometimes, the events on the page are humorous and horrific at the same time!The series is split between fuedal era Japan and modern day Japan, as the plucky high school student Kagome and the half-demon Inu Yasha attempt to track down the fragments of a gem that grants demons unlimited power, traveling back and forth through time via a magic well. Their adventures are varied and the stories always well-paced. Character-driven and populated with entertaining and likable characters who simply will not admit how much they actually care for each other, 'Inu Yasha: A Fuedal Fairy Tale' is another fine series that those who have liked Takahashi's other works should pick up as well.
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Summary: A very promising storyline.
Review: Rumiko Takahashi has a great talent for creating and telling a fine story. Inu-Yasha reminds me a bit of the Firetripper story due to Kagome's time travelling, but that's where the similarity ends. Go ahead & read this series. I'm willing to bet that you won't be sorry.
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Summary: Inu Yasha : A feudal fairy tale
Review: This manga is really a good one. It is a bit violent but sometimes it makes me laugh out loud. Takahashi Rumiko has a great sense of humor. I think it is so funny the way Kagome can make Inuyasha sit at her command. Viz does a good job translating, but I wish that they would not reverse the artwork so that the books would be realeased sooner. I don't mind reading them in the Japanese way.
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Summary: Rumiko is a Goddess of story telling.
Review: Another Graphic Novel series that I could not put down. The story and character personalities are simply amazing. It has you intrigued, it has you absorbed, then it also sudden makes you burst out laughing. Along with Nausicaa and Gunsmith Cats, Inu Yasha stands on it's own as a catchy romantic narrative that's bound to have a cult around it.
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Summary: Rumiko Takahashi does it again...
Review: A fantastic and funny story - Kagome, a young high school girl, is one day dragged into a magical well by a strange monster. It turns out that the demons everywhere are looking for the jewel of the four souls - a powerful magical jewel that can give any demon the power to live forever. Kagome is transported through time after falling in the well to ancient Japan. There she meets Inu-Yasha, a boy/demon who is also after the jewel. When the jewel is shattered, they both must go look for it... This series has it all... boy meets girl, adventure, comedy - everything you would expect from Rumiko Takahashi! ^_^;; I'd definitely suggest it!
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Summary: A Change from Romantic Comedy
Review: I think that this is Rumiko Takahashi's work at its best. It starts off and goes differently from all her other stories that she's written. A girl is thrown into the past and is forced to team up with a half dog demon. Together they go on a journey to reclaim the Jewel of the Four Souls. It's not your average romantic comedy. In the very beginning, Kagome and Inuyasha make it clear that they don't like each other. But they manage to work together to find the shards of the Shikon Jewel (Jewel of the Four Souls), the jewel that gives power to any demon. As the story progresses, it's obvious that their partnership is slowly becoming more that just a tolerable friendship. But Takahashi doesn't just show it just like that. She continues to keep the readers in suspense. She manages to not tell anything, and still yet throw in little things that'll keep the reader hooked. I myself love Inuyasha and have followed along with the story all the way to book thirteen. It's not in books yet, but there is a website called Inuyasha Sengoku-O-Toushi that is translating the story concurrently with the Japanese. I will not tell anything that'll give away the story before it has hit the printing presses, but I will say this. People may think that each story is just Inuyasha and Kagome fighting a demon to get the shard. If everyone will just bear with the story, then they'll soon see it's just more than that. As, I said, I have read all the way up to book 13, and book five is when Takahashi starts to add in a bunch of new twists, which will certainly get everyone hooked!
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Summary: A simple twist of demon
Review: If Ranma 1/2 was too frustrating, Mermaid's Scar too gory, or Maison Ikkoku too drawn out, manga readers ought to find something in Inu-Yasha, Takahashi's latest. After months of a diminishing wallet size, I'm finding this series to be the only manga I've remained interested in...and can afford. The first series set a good pace to the story with meeting Kagome and Inu-Yasha. The two form a tolerating relationship in the beginning as they go in search of the missing Shikon Shards, each with their own reason for attaining the jewel. I immediately grew interested, but by the third series, I'm beginning to see a pattern of manifesting some demon, killing it, retrieving a shard, moving on. I really hope this trend doesn't go on for the entire series, although it's good to see each character taking on a little more depth the further it goes. The manga, as always, is exceptional, but it'd be nice to see Kagome hiking around old world Japan in something other than a short skirt and saddle shoes. (like maybe shorts and some hiking boots, or maybe clothes a little more fitting to the time frame? Am I the only one who's catching this? =D) Otherwise, a very good series, strongly recommended.
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